Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-02

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allhaaah ths nd6T4anss inlt ~ drab9 II
the minds ek ssezY enc present that fha
Icy memeexs m9ns koaet firmly. Dr..
n y. Hiil q Rosk Townaand. w4s
elecssd oaalRmsD. and @annes Franz
lad 81 4tl1 eztE. 8e1EetaRy.
he are enfifIe1 e vote ID fhks oon-
|yenllons inquired rs. 8. D. Osocketl,
Of TIE ChaiFmnH, 0ho EefeEncd the
Question % Mf. D. 7. Dsnny for n
lsThisisa Iavmenss 3 dnesiional Con-
vsuli0a. said ~, Decay. sNo dels-
/ knfes were elected. All are invited 10
attend. Thia u . tfethofist Chaeoh,
l ne poapiess ehnFeh, and everyone has
Elahf p participate n The usoesecinRs
I Of this eenpenlfoun
Rev. Mr.. Icy. pastor Of Baftssy-slrsai
Church, opaned tie ezor1lses with
/ prayer. The choir eumposed Of Misc
/ Emma AtkinG soprano; Mf1. Cara 4.
Barton. canfRnlzo. M. q. u. Bowman.
t1aog; NJ. RsheEt &. Stevens. baFItono.
with Mis- Mamin Caihonn, organise,
sang Ia s ssry elective msunaF he
quaFtsfls sfnellns Thine kaF," solo "
Mk. steTen4.
kDDnEss % wEzooks.
Jndae J. b. Lewis delivered an ad-
dress of welcome q tie convention. He
s4id 4 eoassnsson IIha thls Il very m
usual, and Inst the calling Of such an
aaaemhlaNe ok s8ymem requires some
great cauxa. n ID not IN the ordinary
line Of Methodist policy. The Mefho
dist Church is based on the mon
aschial, not Republiean, idea Of Gov
eminent, ard theoEefically, The oonRfe-
Qatien has little % DO With the man-
aQement of ahnEeh aHsirs, althounh
practically & hes the management |
Ministers are assigned 10 4 conQreRa-
ton With its ooBsent. bat The eonRFsRa-
ton may refuse 80 reosige him. The
laity has the poWaI. Il they choose to
exercise Il. As, when the Whio and
Democratic paxties," be sid refused /
10 meet the slavery question, the peo-
Die OEQanizad 3 party thai did, 90 when
the laat Oonfaxanaa % Ministers Of the
Mofhcdisf Church failed % discharge
their dnty a. honest naen. failed 30
maet khs iasaaa presented By the people,
ID then bsaame neoessaTv for the people |
70 brush them aside and to speak for |
themseisFs.s
Toe spssksr then outlined The hi. ory /
Of the controversy over the seleotion Of /
q sits for the proposed university aud |
said that Wheo she matter vas before /
the Ooufessncs the ministers sacrificed /
The spirit for The letter Of the Law, and /
Ia discussing whether ths ninety daY /
limit had bsan reached, developed e.
traoEdinaKy technical knawiedQe. Then i
after the Conferences had committed 1
itself In epirik 90 q line Of eonduet
which aroused indignation among the
laity 81 the church, Aiustead Of leAvinG l
the controversy % tha pe0pla Of Puget
SQUAD be said, ssthe ministers ghtrked /
their dntY By referring the matter 70 /
three bishops, whe lived % far away
that they wsFe unaeQuainted With the
real merits Of the controversy; snubbed
the laitY. and seleosed two ministers
from . city up the soand Who were
practically cipheEs 10 the settle ment Of
the Dispute. Tue Conference dodged
the issue and acted very much like
4 that II ministers 20 wrong the laity
sh0nid TAP them on the shoulder"
The speaker then stated that the OBJ
icot 81 she convention was 10 consider
the questions, nFat, lis IL nocessary TO
huild 40 q university on the Soundf"
and second. "Wherai" Aud concluded
BY saying that he was glad this coRven-
ton was held In Seattle. a. be had be-
gun 10 think it the center Of the ooun-
try, &c every idea promulgated here he'd
become nationali1ed, and be believed
this convention Of the lafty Of the Meth
o&ist Church would become new land
mark In the history Of the Msthodist
Ohupch policy.
Miss Atkins sang the solo aConsider
tha LAlles," By Gounod, IN delightful
manner.
THE coNEEnRNuR auLL1HLU.
Allen Weir, OF Port Townsend, vas
the naxt sueAkaF. although his formal
addreaa will Be delivered this evening.
Mr.. Weir gave detailed history Of the
birth and rf0gth Of the movement for
the establishment Of thu University in
Port Townsend, and Of the merits OF the
suhssquent controversy about the en-
dowment fund All Of which has sab
sfantially been published heretofore In
the Posr-fETKLIE0RRcKn, and with
which the people are pretty familiar.
de thought he University could only
attain broad prosperity N proportion
A. the laity take An Interest In u. he
thought TIE oonfeTsnce had been over
particular in enc point and too Rullible
IN another, citing IN proof OF the latter
assertion THAI she oifer Of an end0W-
meat found OF 5000 By "oity mp the
sound" had ewindled 10 5000. MI.
Weir said the chairman Of the CON-
mittee 20 which the eontHoveray had
been referred lived 10 Tacoma, and
that be, The Chairman, had Published
notice In ths Paci6c Adpocafs notify
ina eli points desiring 30 submit bids
NEST 90 90 before November bth. Pert
Tounsond people had received such q
notiea. Mr.. Weir said that Monday
last q letter dated OciobeF 5th had
been received from one Of the bishops
on the committee. stating that be had
already fent % bic vote. This. Mr..
Weir thonRht, vas an indication OF the
one sided manner men, wh0 we're h.
uurant Of she merits OF the controversy
over tha location. aud Of the real needs
OF she Sound, we're inclined 10 viaw the
matter. Ia view Of thia, he thought IL
uas time for che people 10 act.
AZ NE chief hnslnsgs Of tia convsn-
ton will Be transacted this evening the
chairman, 90 molten % Allen Weir. ap-
psinted 2 committee on resoluiions
composed Of d. i. DenDy, Alien Weir
and Jndno j. Il. Lewis, with instFua-
tons 70 report this evening, and, after /
the quertetts Praise the Lord,H had \
been sung 81 he choir TIE convention
adioarned until $50 o'clock this even-
inc.